It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today.

(Emphasis mine)

Because to any progressive politician, there are no freedoms which do not flow from government, and may therefore be revoked at any time. The above is no different than

“Real nice liberty you got there. Awful shame if something were to happen to it.”

The CEO of a web-based business is the same as the CEO of any type of business. They are in business to earn a profit. They will risk a small portion of that profit to protect their interests. Deciding to go dark for a day (with several days of fair warning, mind you) in order to raise awareness of a threat to their source of income, is good business. I’m no fan of Google’s own intrusive practices, but they have every right to choose how and when they operate their own sites. A power-grabbing, regulation-happy former Senator calling that abusive is a true piece of political farce.

Wikipedia actually wasn’t down. If you disabled Java in your browser, the redirect wouldn’t happen and you could read whatever page you needed. They also left up their mobile site.

And, the reason SOPA proponents haven’t taken down any websites yet (though some would actually dispute that), is because SOPA isn’t law yet, dummy. I won’t even bother trying to explain the difference between temporary and permanent, or between individual owner choice and force-of-law without due process.

Why does anyone hire these over fed, over the hill ex pols for any position. Eeewww!

jeanie on January 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM

Because he is already intertwined in the machine. He knows the “players”.

Filthy #@%%**!

]]>By: Wadehttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5330069
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:59:43 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5330069This guy should be in jail prison.
]]>By: Wadehttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5330066
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:58:35 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5330066Hope hospice has a bed ready for this has been.
]]>By: Dirty Creaturehttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5329877
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:57:48 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5329877Aww, the poor widdle US Senator… so terrible when the people abuse the power they have over him. It just isn’t fair!!!

]]>By: How Bad Is SOPA? Chris Dodd Likes It Because China Does What Is In The Bill | Sagohttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5329073
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:57:53 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5329073[...] drinking buddy Teddy Kennedy didn’t and never will is reason enough to say HELL NO to this bill. The Only Power Google, Facebook Etc. Have, Is The Power That The People Give Them, Mr. Dodd The MPAA selected Dodd as its new head lobbyist chairman and CEO last year. Now Dodd is taking aim [...]
]]>By: lilium479http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328695
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:03:01 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328695Abusing Power……..what a joke!
This guy should be in jail.
]]>By: ericdijonhttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328598
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:51:25 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328598So the real irony is that if you want something from Wikipedia today, search it on Google and click on the cached page – but don’t breathe a word about this to Dodd.
]]>By: ya2dauphttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328442
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:31:50 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328442The acronym you should be worried about, O Friend of Angelo, is RICO. Picked out your cell wardrobe, yet?
]]>By: onlineanalysthttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328441
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:31:49 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328441Why isn’t Dodd luxuriating at his Irish castle?
]]>By: The Blackout got their attention | Grumpy Opinionshttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328429
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:30:48 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328429[...] Chris Dodd: These anti-SOPA websites are abusing their power [...]
]]>By: SilverDethhttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328273
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:12:59 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328273Rope. Streetlight. Politicians.

Some assembly required.

]]>By: Jailbreakhttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328230
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:07:19 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328230oooops
]]>By: Russ808http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5328111
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:49:34 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5328111Wikipedia has a certain amount of dominance (I presume) in its niche of the internet. It hardly has POWER. Power is the capacity to MAKE people do things even against their inclinations and against their will. In a world where if one proves to be unreliable or excessively capricious that users/customer can go else where, the appearance of “POWER” can be very ephermeral.
]]>By: StevChttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5327583
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:34:51 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5327583Old Chris saw the truth catching up, left (tial between legs) by the Senate by the back door, took the crony job an pontificates on abuse of power. Personifies the libral progressive. He cannot spell integrity.
]]>By: Wendyahttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5327518
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:21:55 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5327518Chris Dodd should probably be considered something of an expert on abuses of power.
]]>By: stop the showhttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5327357
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:38 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5327357‘El they’re all hypocrites up there. Whether it’s Dodd and sopa or pbo yelling at all the rich when he himself is one of them or half the gop and whatever they’re trying to sell us, the whole lot of ‘em are hypocrites. We need to start over
]]>By: Daves Words of Wisdomhttp://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/chris-dodd-these-anti-sopa-websites-are-abusing-their-power/comment-page-1/#comment-5327323
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:55:55 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=175321#comment-5327323If Dodd likes it…….

then you know its either illegal or something you want to stay away from. sopa is just plainly that bad. he's a fan and likes how China handles its censorship….